Museum Archipelago

By Ian Elsner

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Episodes: 108


 Aug 2, 2023

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A tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums. Museum Archipelago believes that no museum is an island and that museums are not neutral. Taking a broad definition of museums, host Ian Elsner brings you to different museum spaces around the world, dives deep into institutional problems, and introduces you to the people working to fix them. Each episode is never longer than 15 minutes, so let’s get started.

Episode Date
108. The Museum of Utopia and Daily Life
Dec 09, 2024
107. Crypto and Museums Part 1
Sep 23, 2024
106. Last Call on 'The Streets of Old Milwaukee'
Jul 29, 2024
105. Building a Better Visitor Experience with Open Source Software
Apr 15, 2024
104. What Large Institutions Can Learn From Small Museums
Feb 26, 2024
103. How Computers Transformed Museums and Created A New Type of Professional
Nov 13, 2023
102. Copies in Museums
Jul 31, 2023
101. Buzludzha Always Centered Visitor Experience. Dora Ivanova is Using Its Structure to Create a New One.
Jan 23, 2023
100. The Archipelago Museum
Nov 28, 2022
99. Museums in Video Games
Aug 08, 2022
98. At the Panama Canal Museum, Ana Elizabeth González Creates a Global Connection Point
Feb 14, 2022
97. Richard Nixon Hoped to Never Say These Words about Apollo 11. In A New Exhibit, He Does.
Jan 17, 2022
96. Tegan Kehoe Explores American Healthcare Through 50 Museum Artifacts
Nov 15, 2021
95. The Museum of Technology in Helsinki, Finland Knows Even the Most Futuristic Technology Will One Day Be History
Aug 31, 2021
94. Jazz Dottin Guides Viewers Through Massachusetts’s Buried Black History
Jun 28, 2021
93. Bulgaria’s Narrow Gauge Railway Winds Through History. Ivan Pulevski Helped Turn One of Its Station Stops Into a Museum.
Jun 07, 2021
92. The Pleven Panorama Museum Transports Visitors Through Time, But Not Space
May 03, 2021
91. How Fake Museums Are Used in Theme Parks with Shaelyn Amaio
Apr 19, 2021
90. Civil Rights Progress Isn't Linear. The Grove Museum Interprets Tallahassee's Struggle in an Unexpected Setting.
Mar 15, 2021
89. Tehmina Goskar Critically Engages with Curation, Wherever It Happens
Feb 22, 2021
88. Jérôme Blachon Collects and Transmits Precious Memories at the Museum of Resistance and Deportation in Haute-Garonne, France
Jan 25, 2021
87. The Vitosha Bear Museum Lives in a Tiny Mountain Hut
Nov 16, 2020
86. Nashid Madyun Fights the Compression of Black History at the Meek-Eaton Black Archives
Sep 21, 2020
85. The John G. Riley House is All That Remains of Smokey Hollow. Althemese Barnes Turned It Into a Museum on Tallahassee’s Black History
Aug 31, 2020
84. On Richmond’s Transformed Monument Avenue, A Group of Historians Erect Rogue Historical Markers
Aug 10, 2020
83. Chris Newell Forges The Snowshoe Path as the First Wabanaki Leader of the Abbe Museum
Jul 06, 2020
82. Statues and Museums
Jun 15, 2020
81. Living History in a Pandemic at Old Sturbridge Village
Jun 01, 2020
80. British Museum Curator Sushma Jansari Shares Stories and Experiments of Decolonising Museums
May 04, 2020
79. The Future of Hands-On Museum Exhibits with Paul Orselli
Apr 20, 2020
78. How Museums Present Public Health with Raven Forest Fruscalzo
Mar 30, 2020
77. Trump Asks, “Who's Next?” Lyra Monteiro Answers, Washington’s Next!
Mar 16, 2020
76. 400 Years Post-Mayflower, the Provincetown Museum Rethinks Its Historical Branding
Mar 02, 2020
75. Museduino: Using Open Source Hardware to Power Museum Exhibits
Feb 17, 2020
74. 'Houston, We Have A Restoration' with Sandra Tetley
Jan 13, 2020
73. Sanchita Balachandran Shifts the Framework for Conservation with Untold Stories
Dec 02, 2019
72. ‘Speechless: Different by Design’ Reframes Accessibility and Communication in a Museum Context
Nov 18, 2019
71. Assessing Curatorial Work for Social Justice With Elena Gonzales
Oct 28, 2019
70. The Gabrovo Museum of Humor Bolsters Its Legacy of Political Satire Post-Communism
Sep 30, 2019
69. Soviet Spacecraft in the American Heartland: The Story of the Kansas Cosmosphere
Aug 26, 2019
68. The Akomawt Educational Initiative Forges a Snowshoe Path to Indigenize Museums
Aug 05, 2019
67. Cité de l'Espace Celebrates Apollo Day from the Middle of the Space Race
Jul 15, 2019
66. From ‘Extinct Monsters’ to ‘Deep Time’: A History of the Smithsonian Fossil Hall
Jun 17, 2019
65. Sarah Nguyen Helps Fight Digital Decay with Preserve This Podcast
Jun 03, 2019
64. Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Atlantis Experience Is Part Museum, Part Themed Attraction
May 13, 2019
63. Sex and Death Are on Display at The Museum of Old and New Art
Apr 29, 2019
62. David Gough Reclaims Stewardship of Tiagarra for Aboriginal Tasmanians
Apr 15, 2019
61. Jody Steele Centers the Convict Women of Tasmania's Penal Colonies at the Female Factory
Apr 01, 2019
60. Stephanie Cunningham on the Creation and Growth of Museum Hue
Mar 18, 2019
59. Faith Displayed As Science: How Creationists Co-opted Museums with Julie Garcia
Mar 04, 2019
58. Joe Galliano Fills In The UK’s Family Tree At The Queer Britain Museum
Feb 11, 2019
57. The Colored Conventions Project Resurrects Disremembered History With Denise Burgher, Jim Casey, Gabrielle Foreman, & Many Others
Jan 28, 2019
56. Lana Pajdas Trains Her ‘Fun Museums’ Lens to Croatian Heritage Sites, From The Battle of Vukovar to Over-Tourism in Dubrovnik
Jan 07, 2019
55. Barbara Hicks-Collins Is Turning Her Family Home Into the Bogalusa Civil Rights Museum
Dec 03, 2018
54. Buzludzha Is Deteriorating. Brian Muthaliff Wants To Turn It Into A Winery.
Nov 19, 2018
53. Tribal Historic Preservation Office Helps Students Map Seminole Life for the Ah-tah-thi-ki Museum
Nov 05, 2018
52. Paula Santos Dives Into The "How" of Museum Work on Cultura Conscious
Oct 15, 2018
51. Yulina Mihaylova Presents a Moral Lesson at the Sofia Jewish Museum of History
Oct 01, 2018
50. Allison Sansone Connects Writers and Readers at the American Writers Museum
Sep 17, 2018
49. Deyana Kostova Centers ‘The Little Man’ in War at the Bulgarian National Museum of Military History
Sep 03, 2018
48. Museums Are Really Sensitive To Critique. Palace Shaw & Ariana Lee Decided They Don’t Care.
Aug 20, 2018
47. Buzludzha is Deteriorating. Dora Ivanova Wants To Turn It Into A Museum.
Jul 23, 2018
46. Vessela Gercheva Directs Playful Exhibits at Bulgaria’s First Children’s Museum
Jul 09, 2018
45. Margaret Middleton Designs Museum Exhibits for All Ages
Jun 25, 2018
44. Vassil Makarinov Presents Technology and History at the Bulgarian Polytechnical Museum
Jun 11, 2018
43. Blake Bradford Aims To Increase Number of Black Museum Professionals with Lincoln University Program
May 28, 2018
42. Freddi Williams Evans and Luther Gray Are Erecting Historic Markers on the Slave Trade in New Orleans
May 14, 2018
41. 16,000 Years at the Meadowcroft Rockshelter with David Scofield
Apr 30, 2018
40. Conserving Digital Photos with Jenny Mathiasson and Kloe Rumsey
Apr 16, 2018
39. Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum with James Delbourgo
Apr 02, 2018
38. Conservation in the 21st Century with Sanchita Balachandran
Mar 19, 2018
37. The National Public Housing Museum with Robert J. Smith III
Mar 05, 2018
36. The Underground Railroad in Niagara Falls with Bill Bradberry
Feb 19, 2018
35. Cartoons from the Museum Floor with Attendants View
Feb 05, 2018
34. Erotic Heritage Museum with Dr. Victoria Hartmann
Jan 22, 2018
33. Icelandic Museums with Hannah Hethmon
Jan 08, 2018
32. What a Museum on the Moon Might Look Like With Michelle Hanlon
Dec 25, 2017
31. Habemus with Romina Frontini & Christian Díaz
Dec 11, 2017
30. Visitors of Color with Dr. Porchia Moore
Nov 06, 2017
29. A Digital Approach to Museum Maps
Oct 23, 2017
28. Leaving the Museum Field with Marieke Van Damme
Oct 09, 2017
27. Yo, Museum Professionals
Sep 11, 2017
26. Arab American National Museum with Devon Akmon
Aug 28, 2017
25. The Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia, Bulgaria is Figuring Out What to Do With All the Lenins
Jul 17, 2017
24. College Hill and the International Slave Trade Walking Tour with Elon Cook
Jul 03, 2017
23. Museum-Metro Station Hybrids
Jun 05, 2017
22. Guide Training at Akagera National Park with Lisa Brochu
May 15, 2017
21. Apollo 11 Historic Site
May 01, 2017
20. Universal Design at the White House Visitor Center with Sherril York
Apr 18, 2017
19. Remembering the Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre
Apr 03, 2017
18. Maps and the 20th Century at the British Library
Feb 27, 2017
17. Entertainment and History at Disney's America
Feb 06, 2017
16. Visitation Trends at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum
Jan 16, 2017
15. Tamar Avishai's The Lonely Palette
Jan 02, 2017
14. Early Interpretive Planning at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Dec 12, 2016
13. Museums at a Crossroads with Rainey Tisdale
Jun 23, 2016
12. Dead Bodies in Museums Part 2
May 24, 2016
11. Dead Bodies in Museums Part 1
Apr 22, 2016
10. Framework For Engaging with Art
Apr 04, 2016
9. The Museum Selfie with Dustin Growick
Mar 11, 2016
8. Calatrava and the Museum Icon
Feb 10, 2016
7. What Happens to Dead Amusement Parks?
Jan 27, 2016
6. Muzeiko
Oct 01, 2015
5. StalinWorld
Jul 24, 2015
4. Bison Hunt on Horseback
May 27, 2015
3. Museum Authority in a World of User-Generated Content with Seb Chan
May 05, 2015
2. Labels
Apr 15, 2015
1. Lobby
Apr 03, 2015